| 1 | | - | Date of enactment: March 14, 2024 |
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| 2 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill 34 Date of publication*: March 15, 2024 |
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| 3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT 109 |
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| 4 | | - | AN ACT to amend 29.197 (3) of the statutes; relating to: modifying the designation of a free fishing weekend in |
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| 5 | | - | January. |
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| 6 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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| 7 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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| 8 | | - | SECTION 1. 29.197 (3) of the statutes is amended to |
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| 9 | | - | read: |
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| 10 | | - | 29.197 (3) WEEKEND EVENTS. In addition to any spe- |
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| 11 | | - | cial event or program sponsored under sub. (2), the |
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| 12 | | - | department shall, by rule, designate 2 special event week- |
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| 13 | | - | ends per year during which it shall waive the requirement |
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| 14 | | - | that persons be issued fishing licenses and pay the appli- |
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| 15 | | - | cable fees in order to fish in the waters of this state. The |
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| 16 | | - | department shall designate the 3rd full weekend prior to |
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| 17 | | - | the 3rd Monday in January as one of the special event |
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| 18 | | - | weekends. The department shall, by rule, designate to |
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| 19 | | - | which inland or outlying waters these waivers shall |
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| 20 | | - | apply. |
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| 21 | | - | * Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s |
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| 22 | | - | partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” |
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| 1 | + | LRB-1530/1 |
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| 2 | + | ZDW:skw |
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| 3 | + | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | + | 2023 SENATE BILL 34 |
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| 5 | + | February 3, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JAMES, COWLES, FELZKOWSKI, MARKLEIN |
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| 6 | + | and TAYLOR, cosponsored by Representatives MURSAU, EDMING, ANDRACA, |
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| 7 | + | BEHNKE, DONOVAN, KITCHENS, KNODL, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, OHNSTAD, ROZAR, |
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| 8 | + | SINICKI, SPIROS, SUBECK and TUSLER. Referred to Committee on Financial |
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| 9 | + | Institutions and Sporting Heritage. |
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| 10 | + | AN ACT to amend 29.197 (3) of the statutes; relating to: modifying the |
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| 11 | + | designation of a free fishing weekend in January. |
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| 12 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | + | This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate the full |
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| 14 | + | weekend prior to the third Monday in January as a weekend on which DNR waives |
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| 15 | + | license and fee requirements to fish. |
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| 16 | + | Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the hunting, fishing, |
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| 17 | + | or trapping of specified wild animals. With limited exceptions, no person may fish |
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| 18 | + | in the waters of the state without the applicable approvals issued by DNR. However, |
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| 19 | + | DNR is required to designate two weekends per year during which DNR waives the |
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| 20 | + | fishing approval requirement. Current law requires that one of these weekends be |
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| 21 | + | the third full weekend in January. |
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| 22 | + | The bill modifies this requirement to instead require DNR to waive the fishing |
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| 23 | + | approval requirements during the full weekend prior to the third Monday in |
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| 24 | + | January, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. |
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| 25 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 26 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 27 | + | SECTION 1. 29.197 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 28 | + | 29.197 (3) WEEKEND EVENTS. In addition to any special event or program |
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| 29 | + | sponsored under sub. (2), the department shall, by rule, designate 2 special event |
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| 36 | + | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 34 |
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| 37 | + | weekends per year during which it shall waive the requirement that persons be |
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| 38 | + | issued fishing licenses and pay the applicable fees in order to fish in the waters of this |
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| 39 | + | state. The department shall designate the 3rd full weekend prior to the 3rd Monday |
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| 40 | + | in January as one of the special event weekends. The department shall, by rule, |
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| 41 | + | designate to which inland or outlying waters these waivers shall apply. |
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